🌏 Region(s): Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なちゅん【鳴ちゅん】 : nachun | define meaning

nachun

Pronunciation: [nat͡ɕuŋ̍]

Definition

Verb

(Animals) To make a sound; to produce a sound or cry characteristic of an animal
1. ひーじゃーがなちゅんどー【ひーじゃーが鳴ちゅんどー】
  hiijaa-ga nachun doo
  "The goat is bleating"
2. とぅいんなちゅん【鳥ん鳴ちゅん】
  tuin nachun
  "The birds are also singing"
3. まやーやなちゅん【まやーや鳴ちゅん】
  mayaa-ya nachun
  "The cat is purring"

Etymology

Cognate to standard Japanese なく【鳴く】 naku "to make a sound (animal)".

意味：なく【鳴く】

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Verb Paradigm

Central Okinawan ku-type verb: **nachun**^βeta
		Imperfective	Perfective	Negative	Neg. Perfective
Plain	PRED	nachun	nachan	nakan	nakantan
	ATT	nachuru	nacharu
Progressive	PRED	nachoon	nachootan	nacheewuran	nacheewurantan
	ATT	nachooru	nachootaru
Causative	PRED	nakasun	nakachan	nakasan	nakasantan
	ATT	nakasuru	nakacharu
Passive, Potential	PRED	nakariyun nakariin	nakaritan nakattan	nakariran nakaran	nakarirantan nakarantan
	ATT	nakariyuru nakariiru	nakaritaru nakattaru
Intransitivizing resultative (For transitive verbs only)	PRED	nacheen	nacheetan	nacheeneen	nacheeneentan
	ATT	nacheeru	nacheetaru
In preparation/in advance (-te oku)	PRED	nachoochun	nachoochan	nacheeukan	nacheeukantan
	ATT	nachoochuru	nachoocharu
Desidirative (adjective paradigm)	PRED	nachi-busan	nachi-busatan	nachi-bushikoo neen nachi-bushikoo neeran	nachi-bushikoo neentan nachi-bushikoo neerantan
	ATT	nachi-busaru	nachi-busataru

	Affirmative	Negative
Volitional-Presumptive (“let’s”)	naka	–
“seems”	nachuru-haji	nakan-haji
Imperative-Prohibitive	naki	nakuna
Conjunctive-Participle (“te form”)	nachi	–

Categories:

Animals

鳴ちゅん

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Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2016, October 2). なちゅん【鳴ちゅん】 : nachun | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2024, September 8, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/435/nachun/.